Persistent Identifiers
Exploring How AI Can Help Research Data Management
At UC3, several of our latest initiatives involve integrating AI tools, with a particular focus on improving metadata and assisting researchers with creating best practice DMPs. A clear philosophy guides UC3’s approach to the use of generative AI: addressing researchers’ and the broader research community’s needs, keeping humans as the authority, complementing human work for […]
Why CDL Is Investing in COMET: A Community Centered Path to Richer Metadata
When the California Digital Library (CDL) signed the Barcelona Declaration in April 2025, it marked a deeper institutional commitment to building open and community-led research infrastructure. At the heart of this commitment is a recognition that metadata is not a passive byproduct of scholarship, but an active force that shapes how research is discovered, connected, cited, […]
UC3 New Year Series: Persistent Identifiers at CDL in 2025
CDL’s persistent identifier portfolio, which includes the Research Organization Registry (ROR), EZID, Name-to-Thing (N2T), and the new Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) initiative, had a busy and productive year in 2024, seeing record adoption, interest, and making significant technical improvements across its services. These complementary work streams help build a more rational, networked, and efficient […]
High-Quality Metadata: A Collective Responsibility and Opportunity
Cross-posted from the Upstream Blog: https://upstream.force11.org/high-quality-metadata/ Our community and tools rely on high-quality DOI metadata for building connections and obtaining efficiencies. However, the current model – where improvements to this metadata are limited to its creators or done within service-level silos – perpetuates a system of large-scale gaps, inefficiency, and disconnection. It doesn’t have to be […]
Developing a US National PID Strategy
Advancing Research through a Unified National PID Strategy In a recent project facilitated by the Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) and Research Data Alliance US (RDA US), the focus has been on developing recommendations for a US National Strategy for Persistent Identifiers (PIDs). Co-chaired by myself and Todd Carpenter, the ORFG PID Strategies Working Group […]
Welcome, Adam Buttrick: Introducing UC3’s new Persistent Identifiers Product Manager
Championing PIDs and Open Science at UC3 Hello! My name is Adam Buttrick and I’m excited to be joining the UC3 team to lead its portfolio of persistent identifier-focused products and services. Prior to joining UC3, while based at Crossref, I had the privilege to help build a new persistent identifier service, the Research Organization […]
Connecting DMSPs to Research Outputs
By Brian Riley, California Digital Library (CDL), and Mary O’Brien Uhlmansiek, The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) In March, the lead developer for the DMP Tool, Brian Riley, attended a workshop on “Scientometrics Using Open Data” offered by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. Participation in this session allowed us […]
Join the UC3 Team: Two Senior Product Manager positions now open
UC Curation Center (UC3) is recruiting two Senior Product Manager positions. This is a unique opportunity for someone passionate about shaping the future of scholarly infrastructure on a global scale. If you’re a creative thinker with a knack for innovation, strategic planning, and product management, please consider applying. The past few years have been full […]
Reflections on Persistence: A Farewell to CDL
Today marks the conclusion of my 5+ year chapter working with the UC3 team at CDL and collaborators across the the world to build, lead, and support infrastructure and initiatives for a more open, connected, and sustainable research ecosystem. This chapter comes to a close as I embark on a new one: joining DataCite as […]
Association of Research Libraries and California Digital Library Receive Grant to Advance Data Management and Sharing
Cross-posted from ARL News and written by Cynthia Hudson-Vitale | cvitale@arl.org | August 4, 2023 The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the California Digital Library (CDL) have received a $668,048 National Leadership Grant from the US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to assist institutions in managing and sharing federally funded research data. This project will build a […]